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A police officer involved in the arrest of a man who later died should face
criminal charges, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.
It passed evidence to prosecutors about the death of Thomas Orchard, 32,
indicating that it believes there is evidence of use of excessive force.

Mr Orchard was a schizophrenic but lived independently and worked as a
caretaker at St Thomas’s Church in Exeter, Devon. He was arrested after a
disturbance in October and put in a cell but an hour later was found
unresponsive. He had head injuries and died a week later.